+食Text8请不要误解我，我并不是建议要回到自耕自织的时代，我其至不是在倡议搞一次群众运动废除信用卡。我只是建议我们大家认真考虑考虑，是否该让我们这种“我一切都要，现在就要”的生活方式在完全失控之前来个急刹车。让我们抽出时间一字不落地读完要读的那篇小说，听完想听的那首曲子的每个音符，观察乡下每个细微的变化，并从中得到乐趣。让我们重新发现慢车道生活的乐趣。EndText
Text 8 请不要误解我，我并不是建议要回到自耕自织的时代，我甚至不是在倡议 搞一次群众运动废除信用卡。我只是建议我们大家认真考虑考虑，是否该让我们这 种“我一切都要，现在就要”的生活方式在完全失控之前来个急刹车。让我们抽出 时间一字不落地读完要读的那篇小说，听完想听的那首曲子的每个音符，观察乡下 每个细微的变化，并从中得到乐趣。让我们重新发现慢车道生活的乐趣
Text Analysis食Of course, we couldn' t wait to get there, so we took thePennsylvania Turnpike and a couple of interstates.OBecause we wanted/were eager to get there as soon as we could,we took roads for the use of fast-traveling traffic.Ocan' t wait/can hardly wait: used when you are emphasizingthat sb.is very excited about sth. or keen to do ite. g.1. When she received the letter of admission from TsinghuaUniversity, she couldn' t wait to tell her parents the goodnews.2. The night before the reunion, I could hardly wait to go backto my Alma Mater (母校).EndText
Text Analysis Of course, we couldn’t wait to get there, so we took the Pennsylvania Turnpike and a couple of interstates. Ø Because we wanted/were eager to get there as soon as we could, we took roads for the use of fast-traveling traffic. Ø can’t wait/can hardly wait: used when you are emphasizing that sb. is very excited about sth. or keen to do it e.g. 1. When she received the letter of admission from Tsinghua University, she couldn’t wait to tell her parents the good news. 2. The night before the reunion, I could hardly wait to go back to my Alma Mater (母校)
TextAnalysis食... as pastoral scenery slid by us at 55 mph.O... as we drove at 55 miles per hour past beautiful countryscenes.Oslid by us: moved quickly past usEndText
Text Analysis . as pastoral scenery slid by us at 55 mph. Ø . as we drove at 55 miles per hour past beautiful country scenes. Ø slid by us: moved quickly past us
TextAnalysis食... and the herd of cows is reduced to a few dots in the rear-view mirror.... (when our car was driving so fast) the cows looked like afew dots in the rear-view mirror.rear-view mirror: a mirror in a vehicle, such as a car or abus, which lets the driver see the area behind the vehicleEndText
Text Analysis . and the herd of cows is reduced to a few dots in the rearview mirror. Ø . (when our car was driving so fast) the cows looked like a few dots in the rear-view mirror. Ø rear-view mirror: a mirror in a vehicle, such as a car or a bus, which lets the driver see the area behind the vehicle
食Text AnalysisFor four hours, our only real amusement consisted of countingexit signs and wondering what it would feel like to hold stillagain.The 4-hourdrive on fast roads was tedious; and the only funwe had was counting the exit signs we were passing andfiguring out how we' d feel if we stopped again.Oexit sign: a sign along fast roads that shows where vehiclescan get out of them“it”is anOit would feel like to hold still again: Here,anticipatory/introductory “it”; it stands for the subject ofthe clause“to hold still again”EndText
Text Analysis For four hours, our only real amusement consisted of counting exit signs and wondering what it would feel like to hold still again. Ø The 4-hour drive on fast roads was tedious; and the only fun we had was counting the exit signs we were passing and figuring out how we’d feel if we stopped again. Ø exit sign: a sign along fast roads that shows where vehicles can get out of them Ø it would feel like to hold still again: Here, “it” is an anticipatory/introductory “it”; it stands for the subject of the clause “to hold still again